2018 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

The 44th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2018.^[1]

• Best Picture:
  • Roma
    • Runner-up: Burning
• Best Director:
  • Debra Granik – Leave No Trace
    • Runner-up: Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
• Best Actor:
  • Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
    • Runner-up: Ben Foster – Leave No Trace
• Best Actress:
  • Olivia Colman – The Favourite
    • Runner-up: Toni Collette – Hereditary
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Steven Yeun – Burning
    • Runner-up: Hugh Grant – Paddington 2
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
    • Runner-up: Elizabeth Debicki – Widows
• Best Screenplay:
  • Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
    • Runner-up: Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara – The Favourite
• Best Cinematography:
  • Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
    • Runner-up: James Laxton – If Beale Street Could Talk
• Best Editing:
  • Joshua Altman and Bing Liu – Minding the Gap
    • Runner-up: Alfonso Cuarón and Adam Gough – Roma
• Best Production Design:
  • Hannah Beachler – Black Panther
    • Runner-up: Fiona Crombie – The Favourite
• Best Music Score:
  • Nicholas Britell – If Beale Street Could Talk
    • Runner-up: Justin Hurwitz – First Man
• Best Foreign Language Film (TIE):
  • Burning • South Korea
  • Shoplifters • Japan
• Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:
  • Shirkers
    • Runner-up: Minding the Gap
• Best Animation:
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
    • Runner-up: Incredibles 2
• New Generation Award:
  • Chloé Zhao
• Career Achievement Award:
  • Hayao Miyazaki
• The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
  • Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, and Guy Maddin – The Green Fog
• Special Citation:
  • The Other Side of the Wind

• 44th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards